Archives for
September 2011

Social networkers, Ford has created a car just for you. The Ford Evos plug-in hybrid concept vehicle is so smart, it can socially network with its driver's friends and recommend roads and routes that might be quickest or the most fun to drive. The ve...

Airbnb, the "marketplace for spaces" that lets people rent their property just like it's a hotel room, has now extended that concept to also include monthly rentals and sublets. As the company moves into this new category, it aims to make it just as ...

Besides its new tablet, the Galaxy Tab 7.7, Samsung used the podium at the IFA trade show in Berlin to officially announce another interesting gadget: the Galaxy Note. The Note is a 5.3-inch, Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) smartphone which in many ways do...

Are you one of the folks that couldn't wait for the iPad to get a camera? If so, we have a perfect iPad case for you. The Movie Mount by Makayama lets you do a bunch of things only a true filmmaker will appreciate: You can attach a tripod to it for t...

Welcome to this morning's edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest today. Facebook To Launch Music Platform With Spo...

Where does the ideal startup founder come from? Whom is he or she connected to? LinkedIn was curious, so the business social network decided to find out. It mined the data of its more than 115 million users to understand the background of entrepreneu...

Social television startup Miso is going beyond the entertainment checkin to offer DirecTV customers a synchronized television-viewing experience that changes with each switch of the channel. Miso's updated iPhone application now pairs with DirecTV re...

Catering to the needs of users who want a powerful Android device without a costly monthly contract, Samsung has launched Galaxy WiFi 3.6. It's an Android device similar to a smartphone but without a SIM card, and thus without the ability to make cal...

Just in time for the new school year, Apple has rolled out an ad for the iPad 2, giving consumers another reason to buy the device: to help learn something new. The TV spot, which broke Wednesday night and was created by longtime agency TBWA\Media Ar...

Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Steve Rosenbaum has become what might be the world's largest curator of photos and videos related to the site. Now, he's sharing the best of those with the public for free using a novel medium: an iPad app. Rosenbau...

After months of planning, today is your last chance to become a part of Mashable's Real Life Facebook Wall. Tomorrow, Social Printshop will begin to put together the finished product. To participate, click the "connect" button below. Follow the promp...

Amazon has announced the limited beta launch of its @author program, which lets you pose questions to authors through your Kindle device and Amazon Author Pages. Sixteen authors are participating in the beta, including Timothy Ferriss, author of The ...

The Social Brands Series is supported by Spredfast, a social media management platform provider helping organizations unlock social business potential. Start driving social business with the Social Media Pocket Guide. In January 2010, Toyota faced a ...

Although some publishers continue to resist Apple's recently altered in-app subscription policies, a growing number are rolling out subscription offerings for the iPad editions of their publications through the iTunes Store. On Thursday, Martha Stewa...

The days of Netflix's $9.99 per month combined streaming and DVD plan have come to an end. Starting Thursday, the price of the same service will jump to $15.98 per month. Netflix announced in July that it would be separating its streaming and DVD ren...

You really like your coffee, don't you? In a month where Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple's CEO, Google acquired Motorola Mobility and HP discontinued webOS operations, Mashable readers focused on the story about the Pumpkin Spice Latte's return to S...

Google’s Chrome web browser launched three years ago Thursday, a milestone the company marked on its official blog with an interactive infographic and a laundry list of recent improvements to the product. Google has a lot more to celebrate than a bir...

The Tech Innovators Series is supported by Lenovo. Lenovo does not just manufacture technology. They make Do machines -- super-powered creation engines designed to help the people who do, do more, do better, do in brand new ways. The social networkin...

Patents are a source of constant lawsuits between large tech companies like Apple, Microsoft and Samsung. They're one reason Google wants to pay $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility. And many entrepreneurs believe these documents stunt innovation rath...

What would happen if you took Legend of Zelda and turned it into a social game? You might get something like Zynga's newest game, Adventure World. The makers of FarmVille, CityVille and Words With Friends plan to launch their latest game in the next ...

Popular streaming service Hulu is now available to customers in Japan, as part of the company's first international expansion. Japanese viewers will not have free access to Hulu.com, but rather its Hulu Plus service, in which content can be accessed ...

Foursquare has added five new languages to its app: Bahasa Indonesian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Thai. To check in using those languages, users need to update the latest version of Foursquare. The app will automatically switch to the phone's de...

We’re thrilled to share the latest agenda for this year’s Social Good Summit, which now includes Geena Davis, Nicholas Negroponte, Barbara Bush and many more. Academy Award-winning actor Geena Davis will participate in the Women and Girls Lead panel,...

A malicious email is circulating that purports to come from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and leaves computers infected with malware. The FTC began receiving reports of the viral scam Thursday afternoon. David Torok, the FTC's associate director ...

Domino's Japan is boldly going where no fast food chain has gone before: the moon. That's the premise, anyway, of a new site the chain has introduced. The site features a video of the chain's Japan President and CEO Scott K. Oelkers in a space suit s...

Google has launched a comprehensive site allowing users to post and vote for questions ahead of the next GOP primary debate. The upcoming debate, co-presented by Google and FOX News, will take place in Orlando, Florida on Sept. 22. Google's site, FOX...

Marc Hoag, CEO and co-founder of Venturocket, is a California-licensed attorney with an econ degree from UCLA and a strong background in math and science. Marc's mission with Venturocket, first conceived nearly 10 years ago, is simple: to help make t...

Carrie Bradshaw made women jealous with her DVFs and Louboutins, but one startup is offering access to these high-price duds at a fraction of the cost. Now, aspirational fashion can be quite attainable, thanks to Rent the Runway. After Jennifer Hyman...

Tumblr has earned much of its popularity in the fashion world, and rightly so. We've even lauded the company for its efforts -- particularly for promoting bloggers as capable fashion reporters in their own right -- and celebrated the way many top fas...

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